Can't actually believe I'm saying this but I really hope England do well in this WC. I like Southgate, he is at least being honest and for me making England look more interesting. He's trying to build a unit rather than fill it with the perennial underachievers like we saw in the past. Had Fat Sam been in charge I think I d have hated England, and quite frankly, like most of his teams, it would have been another boring, turgid WC for England. 1998 was the last time I wanted England to do well, that team was exciting and let down by sadly by the petulance of a certain person.

Hoping for a Carabao Cup type of draw for the first time FIFA show their faces for one of these things since all the corruption came out into the open and was then promptly swept under the proverbial carpet so they can just carry on as if nothing happened.

Live on Radio 5 from 3.20pm (GMT) and BBC-2 from 3pm (GMT) on 1st December. Supposedly it's meant to be all over in an hour or so....